Israel warns Brazil in row over settler ambassador

(BBC) Israel has warned Brazil it will downgrade relations unless it accepts a former head of the Jewish settlement movement as its ambassador in Brasilia. Argentina-born Dani Dayan was appointed four months ago but his nomination has not…

Tamir Rice case: Police will not face charges over killing

(BBC) A US grand jury has decided not to bring charges against a white policeman over the killing of a 12-year-old black boy armed with a toy gun. A local prosecutor in Ohio state, Tim McGinty, called the events that led to the death of…

St Lucy man accused of killing mother of his six children

(Barbados Today) A St Lucy man has been remanded to jail after appearing in the Holetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday on a murder charge. Alliston Greaves, 46, is charged with last Wednesday’s stabbing death of Cally-Ann Gill. Gill, 35,…

Jamaica Broilers reports increases in profits, revenues

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica Broilers Group recorded revenues of $9.17 billion for the quarter ending October 31, a six per cent increase on the $8.68 billion for the corresponding period last year. At the same time, the vertically…

Peyton Manning: Wada expects allegations to be investigated

Allegations that American football legend Peyton Manning took human growth hormone should be investigated, says the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). Wada also described the allegations, which Manning dismissed as "complete garbage", as…

Astro Retains Calypso Crown; Creates History in the Process

(ZIZ News) – Calypso lovers at the Sugar Mill were treated to a night of top class calypso music as seven artistes tried to take the crown from King Astro. However, after more than four hours of performances, the Nevisian calypsonian,…

Earthquake shakes part of Lesser Antilles

Residents of Martinique, St. Lucia and Dominica have reported feeling a 5.5 magnitude which occurred in the early hours of this morning. According to the University of the West Indies’ Seismic Research Centre (SRC), the quake occurred at a…